Tag: long distance walking

After a rough night there was a decision to make in the morning. Was I well enough to carry on? I’d had a restless night, feeling very unwell. By the morning I was still feeling rough. We went for breakfast, all I could manage was water and dry toast. We had two days left, tomorrow …

This was the hardest day on the Cotswold Way for me. I woke feelng weary, despite what felt like a good night’s sleep. I struggled through breakfast, not feeling like eating, knowing that I had to put something in my stomach to fuel my legs. We started the day slowly, climbing up out of North …

After another hot night, and breakfast accompanied by the resident, and very pretty, cat, we left our bed and breakfast ready to tackle another long day on the Cotswold Way. We made our way back to the route of the Cotswold Way, climbing steeply to reach the escarpment once more. We soon gained views out …

Today was the shortest day of our route, a relief after completing the longest day yesterday! We'd had a restful night and enjoyed some time with the friendly dog at our accommodation, who loved having her tummy tickled. We had a slow start to the morning, taking some time to look around the centre of …

Today was another tough day of walking. We started from Seven Springs, a lift provided back to where we had finished yesterday by our host. We spent last night at the beautiful Detmore House, a wonderful place to stay. Our day's walking started with two hills, Hartley Hill followed by Leckhampton Hill. It was easy …

Today was an easier day. The temperature has dropped and we didn't have as far to walk. We woke refreshed after a comfortable night's sleep and ate a hearty breakfast, with tasty homemade treats. Packed lunch in our bags we set off, glad to avoid the road and head straight up onto Cleeve Common. Before …

Last night I was still processing a hot, hard, tiring day, too tired to blog, so I'm catching up tonight after an easier day's walking. It was already hot when we set off from Stanton a little before 9am, the sun bright, making us warm before we'd even got to the end of the road. …

Tomorrow we start to walk the Cotswold Way, a 102 mile long distance footpath that runs from Chipping Campden to Bath along the Cotswold escarpment. This a challenge for us, a long distance adventure, up and down hills, with walking days from 9 to 15 miles, short distances for some but quite long walks for …